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kerchief, unrolled it, showed them the six tongues, and
put each one into one of the six mouths of the
Dragon’s six heads, and each of the tongues began to
speak and bid the Princess say how the matter went.
Then the Princess told how she had knelt down and
prayed out of the prayer-book while the King’s son
slew the Dragon, and how the wicked coachman had
made her swear twelve times to that which was false.
When the Tsar heard this, he immediately gave the
Princess his daughter to the King’s son, and they
asked him what death the wicked coachman should
die. And he answered: “Let him be tied to the
tails of four wild horses, and drive them into the
endless steppes that they may tear him to pieces
there, and the ravens and crows may come and pick

his bones.”